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Captain Margesson was satisfied. Fum bling in the dark for the door's handle, he soon discovered that there was no inside handle. The Captain heaved his 14 stone against the door. It would not budge. He lit a match and observed that the mirror over the washstand was fogging from his breath. Scared stiff, he grabbed -a razor and forced it between the door and its frame. This admitted a little air, a chink of light. By diligently manipulating the razor Captain Margesson made a big enough hole to keep breathing, then he went to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cabinet Shuffle | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...Only a united Christian world can stem the rising tide of materialism, of selfishness, of shaken traditions, of crum bling moral standards, and point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Toward Christ's Mountain | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...dollars thrown away on Prohibition enforcement. . . . I say to the Anti-Saloon League . . . there can be no healthy use of the word economics when the women and youth of a country are encouraged to look upon murderers as heroes. When a, nation cheapens its women, that nation is crum bling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Crosby v. Capone | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

...immediately established in a housekeeping apartment or at the smart comfortable Riverside Hotel. Excessively exclusive folk go to the TH dude ranch 30 miles away, or to Mounte Crese ranch 18 miles away. Loneliness soon vanishes in the colony's common purpose. Di versions are plentiful. Fashionable gam bling, dancing, drinking are wide-open. Such roadhouses as the Willows are in easy reach. Calneva Lodge on the border attracts many who play golf and tennis in California, sleep in Nevada. Time passes quickly, enjoyably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: New Freedom | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

Sued for Divorce. "Nicky" Arnstein, famed bond-thief and gam- bling-house-man, by Actress Fanny Brice. For years she sang a song, Mon Homme, with the line, "For whatever my man is, I am his forevermore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 19, 1927 | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

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